Sensitec GmbH is a private company specialized in the development and fabrication of magnetic sensors for various applications in industry, automotive, measurement and testing as well as medical technology. Sensitec GmbH was founded as a private research institute in 1989 and transferred into a company in 2000. It is considered technology leader in anisotropic magnetoresistive (AMR) sensors and sensor systems. In 2004 Sensitec took over naomi technologies AG, now Sensitec – Naomi GmbH, a spin-off from the IBM production line for magnetic storage systems. Today it is considered to be the state of the art fab for magnetic sensors in Europe capable of producing high volume quantities of AMR and GMR (giant magnetoresistive) sensors. Sensitec GmbH and its subsidiary Sensitec – Naomi GmbH are both SMEs with a total staff of 100.